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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE<br/>
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CHAPTER 19
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Jehoshaphat rebuked for helping ungodly Ahab—He returns people to the Lord, sets up judges, and administers justice.
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And</span> Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
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And Jehu the son of Hanani the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_chr/19/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Seer.">seer</a> went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?  therefore <i>is</i> wrath upon thee from before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
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And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out <sup>a</sup><a href="2_chr/19/4a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR repeatedly.">again</a> through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of their fathers.
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&#182; And he set <sup>a</sup><a href="2_chr/19/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 18: 21.">judges</a> in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
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And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, who <i>is</i> with you in the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_chr/19/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Judgment.">judgment</a>.
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Wherefore now let the fear of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> be upon you; take heed and do <i>it:</i> for <i>there is</i> no iniquity with the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God, nor <sup>a</sup><a href="2_chr/19/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 10: 17.">respect</a> of persons, nor taking of <sup>b</sup><a href="2_chr/19/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 18: 21 (21-22).">gifts</a>.
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&#182; Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and <i>of</i> the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
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And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_chr/19/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 18: 21.">fear</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
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And what <sup>a</sup><a href="2_chr/19/10a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB dispute.">cause</a> soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even <sup>b</sup><a href="2_chr/19/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Warnings.">warn</a> them that they trespass not against the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and <i>so</i> wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
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And, behold, Amariah the chief <sup>a</sup><a href="2_chr/19/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 107: 87 (87-88).">priest</a> <i>is</i> over you in all matters of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites <i>shall be</i> officers before you.  Deal <sup>b</sup><a href="2_chr/19/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Courage.">courageously</a>, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall be with the good.
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